#b72a26 Color Information

#b72a26 Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #b72a26. In RGB, it consists of 71.8% Red, 16.5% Green, and 14.9% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 0% Cyan, 77% Magenta, 79.2% Yellow, and 28.2% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 1.7°, with saturation of 65.6% and lightness of 43.3%. The decimal value for #b72a26 is 12003878, and its nearest "web safe" color is #cc3333. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #b72a26 is red. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is yellow. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is red.
  • HexHex code for this color#b72a26 Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color183, 42, 38 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color71.8%, 16.5%, 14.9% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.282, 0.835, 0.851 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0, 0.77, 0.792, 0.282 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color1.7°, 65.6%, 43.3% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color1.7°, 79.2%, 71.8% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color20.706, 11.863, 3.032 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color183, 42, 38 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code12003878 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color40.998, 55.176, 37.650 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)40.998, 66.797, 34.308 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color40.998, 107.041, 24.298 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color34.443, 47.035, 18.890 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.582, 0.333, 11.863 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4290193958 / 0xffb72a26 Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#cc3333 Copy
Last Updated: March 28, 2024

Shades of #b72a26

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #b72a26, its pure hue is 1.7° on the color wheel and its saturation is 65.6%, and its lightness is 43.3%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #b72a26, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #170505 to #a02521.

Tints of #b72a26

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #b72a26, its pure hue is 1.7° on the color wheel and its saturation is 65.6%, and its lightness is 43.3%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #b72a26, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #c04541 to #f6e4e4.

Tones of #b72a26

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #b72a26, its pure hue is 1.7° on the color wheel and its saturation is 65.6%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #b72a26, which range from #6f6f6f (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #dd0600 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #b72a26

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #b72a26! For #b72a26, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #b72a26. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #b72a26

This color, #b72a26, consists of 71.8% Red, 16.5% Green, and 14.9% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 183, Green = 42, Blue = 38. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #b72a26 is 0% Cyan, 77% Magenta, 79.2% Yellow, and 28.2% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R71.8%
C0.0%
G16.5%
M77.0%
B14.9%
Y79.2%
K28.2%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 183 42 38
Octal 267 52 46
Hexa #b7 #2a #26
Binary 10110111 00101010 00100110
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 0 77 79 28
Octal 0 115 117 34
Hexa #00 #4d #4f #1c
Binary 00000000 01001101 01001111 00011100

Analogous Colors of #b72a26

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #b72a26 — which has hue 1.7° — its analogous colors are located at 1.7° and 331.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #b72a26.

Triadic Colors of #b72a26

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #b72a26 — which has hue 1.7° — its triadic colors are located at 1.7° and 241.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #b72a26.

Complementary Color of #b72a26

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #b72a26 — which has hue 1.7° — its complementary color is located at 181.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #b72a26.

Split Complementary Colors of #b72a26

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #b72a26 — which has hue 1.7° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 1.7° and 211.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #b72a26.

Tetradic Colors of #b72a26

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #b72a26 — which has hue 1.7° — its tetradic colors are located at 271.7°, 1.7°, 91.7°, and 181.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #b72a26.

Monochromatic Colors of #b72a26

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #b72a26, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #521e1d — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #f0605c (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #b72a26

We want to make getting started with #b72a26 on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #b72a26 into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #b72a26 can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #b72a26 with other HTML elements.

#b72a26 Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #b72a26.
<span style="color: #b72a26;">The color of this text is #b72a26.</span>

#b72a26 Background Color

The background color for this text is #b72a26.
<div style="background-color: #b72a26; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #b72a26.</div>

#b72a26 Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #b72a26.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #b72a26;">This color for the shadow of this text is #b72a26.</span>

#b72a26 Border Color

This is a div with border color #b72a26.
<div style="border: #b72a26 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #b72a26.</div>

#b72a26 Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #b72a26 on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #b72a26; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #b72a26 on a white background.</div></div>

#b72a26 Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #b72a26 on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #b72a26; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #b72a26 on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #b72a26 to White

This is a gradient from #b72a26 to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#b72a26,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#b72a26,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#b72a26,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#b72a26,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #b72a26 to white.</div>

Gradient from #b72a26 to Black

This is a gradient from #b72a26 to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#b72a26,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#b72a26,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#b72a26,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#b72a26,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #b72a26 to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #b72a26

In addition to using #b72a26 on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #b72a26 in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #b72a26, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 183, Green = 42, Blue = 38). If you need details about the color coordinates of #b72a26 in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #b72a26
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(183, 42, 38)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #b72a26; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #b72a26; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #b72a26; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(183, 42, 38);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#b72a26")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:183, green:42, blue:38, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:183 green:42 blue:38 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(183f, 42f, 38f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(183, 42, 38);
 

#b72a26 Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #b72a26 the same way. For those with color blindness, #b72a26 might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #b72a26 looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #b72a26 is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #b72a26 looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #b72a26 will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #b72a26 is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 6.2:1 against white. While there are some situations where this contrast is high enough to be considered accessible under the AA or AAA level standards, it is not high enough to be considered accessible in all cases. Details about the specific circumstances where #b72a26 would and would not be an accessible foreground color are summarized below.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
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WCAG AAA
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